A Consolidated Library of Anglo-Saxon Poetry

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A.3.4 148 habitant of the grove that he may be permitted / to make use of
A.3.4 191 a surge of awareness that he may swiftly / turn that old age in
A.3.4 384 death, so that he afterwards / may be permitted in later days to
A.3.4 435 r death, / be young again, and may be allowed to seek / his ancest
A.3.4 668 light has granted us / that we may merit here / to attain through
A.3.4 670 eds joys in heaven, / where we may seek the greatest kingdom / an
A.4.2 89 th, so that with this sword I may be permitted / to cut down thi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 2 rs, as he sings, / so that you may receive repose with the etern
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus praefatio 8 he period of your whole life / may the lofty mercy, protect you
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 1 21 r grievances in every heart. / May your mind have kindly rest al
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 16 of looming war is over, / you may attain the perpetual peace of
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 6 26 r God, / where faithful hearts may fulfil for Christ / both by ni
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 47 t danger, / or at least Christ may deign to wash away my sins, / b
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 8 49 ondemned to deadly demise, / I may enter upon and deserve to asc
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 20 2 onour this cell of brothers. / May they now all receive the grea
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 3 ody and mind / that the saints may offer their gifts to one unwo
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 4 r gifts to one unworthy, / and may ask pardon with their prayers
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 5 prayers for the one in fear. / May monks gather together, so tha
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 7 s merits by holy Christ, / and may the almighty ever increase th
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 9 re faith with body and mind. / May almighty God be a gentle savi
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 11 etter things. / And among them may he who sings these songs, and
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 19 he, the all-powerful father, may remit the fearful poet his si
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 20 oet his sins to, / and that he may not fail in piety, / with whom
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 21 not fail in piety, / with whom may glory, power, virtue, perpetu
AEDILVVLF.DeAbbatibus 23 23 ide and thrive. / You, father, may the all-controlling one keep
AETHILVVALD.Aldhelm.Octo 3 that with favourable assent I may be able to adapt / the verses t
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 34 the confines of the world. / May the Lord keep you safe from a
AETHILVVALD.Offa.Octo 38 he celestial realm, / where you may always enjoy the companionshi
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 13 hrough his sacrosanct solaces may he sublimely bestow protectio
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 15 rongly helping with his hand; / may he by kindly aid take away th
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 19 ers of spears). / Them, them may the Almighty thrust into eter
AETHILVVALD.Sator.Octo 22 dies of dark fire. / Listen, may he turn away the sharpest spe
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor P 6 rs of life / so that my tongue may through you speak of your gif
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 300 ald’s] right hand and said, / ‘May this hand, I pray, remain inc
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 379 easure, / so that you, reader, may devoutly believe the rest. / A
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1005 , / so that your holy dwelling may among these bands.” / When he
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1324 es, / so that, fully laden, it may reach safe harbour. / There is
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1386 ores, / so through prayers you may make our souls escape / worldl
ALCVIN.VPatRegSanctEubor 1408 d itself with humble piety. / May it please you, I ask, young m
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 1 20 t perpetual remission of sins may be granted here, / flowing fro
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 2 26 you will produce an infant; / may the son of the high-throned o
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 47 l revolve in fixed sequence: / may antiphons strike the ear with
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 3 49 s ring out from twin choirs; / may the articulate voice of the p
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.1 1 ess to the begotten son, / and may the Holy Ghost receive compar
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.2 35 ugh earth heaped up in a tomb may now cover his bones, / nonethe
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 5 h frequent prayers / that they may mercifully reduce the weight
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 4.13 6 s / and, granting forgiveness, may absolve the iniquities I have
ALDHELM.CarmEcc 5 1 engthened by divine grace, / I may enter as the last into rest,
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 1 n de uirginitate, praefatio / May metrical verses now acclaim c
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 14 there to enemies, / but rather, may your protecting right hand to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 21 o say ‘puppup’ twice, / but may the guard defend all the shee
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 23 exalted name by divine right, / may you deign to add your aid thr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg Praefatio 37 h great attainments / when none may explain all things clearly in
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 7 instead, the rocky obstacles may break the swollen waves; / who
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 18 ant me aid that by my verse / I may be able to sing the famed dee
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 27 a, his mother, bore on Delos, / may grant me a tongue, loquacious
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 36 gs throughout the world. / So may the kindly spirit of the Fath
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 40 ld existence. / The peculiarity may therefore be believed in a tr
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 95 of impure flesh, / so that they may maintain their own eternity i
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 101 acle of the virtues, / since it may stand as the most chaste sist
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 736 the true concord of brothers may be adorned, / and the compacts
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 737 d the compacts of a just mind may continually shine forth. / He a
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 929 h fraudulent deception: / ‘So may I burn up utterly in dark fla
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 933 g in an insolent voice: / ‘So may my body not perish through th
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 938 oath with knotty bonds: / ‘So may my eyes not grow dark with du
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 939 w dark with dusky shadows / nor may cataracts pour down inside my
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1075 nd-forth course? / Yet even so, may this fluent page / now begin to
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1560 declaring future fates: / ‘So may death’s bloody fortune befa
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1590 solace / in so far as the judge may deliver nourishment to poor w
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 1719 for saints so that a warrior may not hasten / to the joys of Par
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2058 and spurned. / And so that you may be still more stunned, take h
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2468 cked spears. / For that reason, may Virginity, that tramples dow
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2471 ainst the warring troops, / and may the virgin strive with armed
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2485 f the belly. / For that reason, may the virgin, attacking the dep
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2511 ce of his descendants, / saying ‘May the servant of Canaan be curs
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2534 he fields! / For that reason, may the bold virgin be keen to ov
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2540 at the parapets of the spirit may not be broken by feasts. / Thus
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2586 of evils. / For that reason, may a virgin try to break this vi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2653 that stiffness and resentment may not disturb the recesses of t
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2665 e dark underworld, / from which may God from on high deign to sav
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2809 t section of the rigging. / Now may the metrical anchor still the
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2811 last / towards peace in harbour may enjoy his longed-for lot! / T
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2817 t with noisy voices they with may entreat the Thunderer / Who of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2822 eath, / all the acts of my sins may be absolved / and may eternal C
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2823 f my sins may be absolved / and may eternal Christ, the glory of
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2825 er capricious youth has done; / may he, mercifully granting forgi
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2827 n thoughts alone! / In this way may the highest power of the sain
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2865 by the slender key of words, / may God thrust out [that tally] f
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2871 by their prayers for me they may loosen the bonds of sin , / and
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2876 nothing away, / that the judge may have mercy on me now and fore
ALDHELM.CarmVirg 2903 dgement seat above the stars, / may I deserve to be led, last of
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg prohemium 34 ner depths of his sacred mind may be made clear. / Help, I ask, h
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 76 the winds and waves, / that He may deign to grant a path to salv
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 99 acred songs of angelic praise may lie open to you / and you may s
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 100 e may lie open to you / and you may see God, mighty in the citade
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 279 ful Enemy like a vile servant may seduce us / from the words and
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 475 haps during all this the Lord may keep him for Himself, / and th
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 477 le the reins of this kingdom / may be bound to you by brotherly
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 523 racles of his mind, / which it may be suitable to touch on in ly
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 609 by the same shadow of death, / may cross over together to the sh
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 674 hese walls; / I hope, though I may be destroyed by winds and chi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 675 nds and chilly waves, / that I may rise up to meet Christ arrivi
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 753 weapons, / so that the chosen may attain the light of freedom f
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 857 ed with tawny images. / But I may be more amazed at the membran
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 886 , so that none of your sheep / may carefully strive to avert the
BEDE.VmetCuthbert.Vulg 1 936 the worthy in the starry sky / may gently forgive even the debts
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 326 the ancient quarrel remains, / may I not allow my neck to be ble
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 633 th filthy laughter, he said, / “May you enjoy happy and fortunate
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 636 ns reach the returning suns, / may you suffer a fate which is pr
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 677 the bonds of an agreed trust may perish in eternal heat,” / h
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1205 scribed be authoritative, and may they never be erased, / either
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1337 head and said the following: / “May the grace of the divine dew s
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1352 eparture. I am pressed hard; / may I die, and, my brothers, be v
FRITHEGOD.BrevVWilfred 1393 , anointed one, diligent Odo, may you show favour to me, / as I
N.EadwigBasan.Coloph 5 rname Basan, wrote this book. May long-lasting health be his. F
N.MiraculaNyniae 245 to this motionless body, / and may breath enter his whole body r
N.Stigand.Inscr 7 oever prays here in his heart may receive forgiveness at Your b
N.Æthelstan.Coloph 21 lled from the sacred fount, / may he parish utterly!’ Lapidge